Please help. I don’t understand what sample space is or how to get to the last answer.

Which of the following is the best first step in solving the equation below? 4+2㏒³x=17

Mama mia restaurant used 1 2 2 1 ? of their mozzarella cheese making pizza and the remaining 6 4 64 ounces making pasta. how many pounds of mozzarella cheese did mama mia start with?

Brittany has designed four different birdcages, each with the same volume: a square pyramid, a cylinder, a cone, and a sphere. the zoo wants to use one of brittany’s designs but plans to change the volume of the cage. find the design change that would result in the birdcage with the greatest volume. a.) increase the area of the base of the square pyramid by a factor of ten. b.) increase the height of the cylinder by a factor of ten. c.) increase the radius of the cone by a factor of ten. d.) increase the radius of a sphere by a factor of ten.